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The Sweeney
1975 - 1978 7.7 (22 votes) 4 Seasons
Genres
Action & Adventure Drama Crime
Networks
ITV1
Created By
Ian Kennedy Martin

The Sweeney

Overview

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

Key Crew

Creator: Ian Kennedy Martin

Top Cast

John Thaw
John Thaw

Det. Insp. Jack Regan

Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman

Det. Sgt. George Carter

Seasons

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Season 1 (1975)

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13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Ringer
1975-01-02

After Regan’s car is stolen with invaluable surveillance photos from a stakeout, the thief gives a heads-up to Sweeney’s target.

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Episode 2: Jackpot
1975-01-09

Regan’s flying squad falls under suspicion after they apprehend a gang of hijackers, but a bag with 35,000 pounds in it has somehow disappeared.

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Episode 3: Thin Ice
1975-01-16

Regan clashes with an arrogant police superintendent when a crime kingpin is allowed to leave the country and go to France.

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Episode 4: Queen’s Pawn
1975-01-23

After a high-powered lawyer gets three petty thugs off on a murder charge, Regan is authorized to use whatever means necessary to bring the hoodlums in.

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Episode 5: Jigsaw
1975-01-30

Regan is convinced that Eddie Boyse, a recently released career criminal, is responsible for a robbery, but Boyse was with Regan when the crime occurred.

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Episode 6: Night Out
1975-02-06

When the Superintendent finds out that there is a bank robbery in progress on a Saturday afternoon, he assigns Regan to visit an old girlfriend whose apartment is adjacent.

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Episode 7: The Placer
1975-02-13

Regan adopts a new identity as an ex-con and goes undercover as a truck driver to expose a hijacking ring.

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Episode 8: Cover Story
1975-02-20

It’s unclear whether a beautiful crime reporter is involved with a criminal gang or just a catspaw.

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Episode 9: Golden Boy
1975-02-27

When seedy informant Harry Fuller is spotted by Regan in a pub flush with money, he knows something is up and interrogates Harry.

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Episode 10: Stoppo Driver
1975-03-06

After their own getaway driver is killed fleeing police, a gang blackmails a young policeman into being their driver by kidnapping his bride.

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Episode 11: Big Spender
1975-03-13

The Smith Brothers, a vicious group of mobsters, abandon their usual strong-arm tactics to run a parking ticket scam at a car park.

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Episode 12: Contact Breaker
1975-03-20

After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.

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Episode 13: Abduction
1975-03-27

After Regan gets a tip about an upcoming robbery from a trusted informant, the gang kidnaps his daughter to blackmail him into inaction.

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Season 2 (1975)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Chalk and Cheese
1975-09-01

Giles Nunn and Carrie Selhurst are an upper crust couple who, partly for kicks and for the profits, commit highway robbery in lonely country lanes, along with the lower class boy Tommy Garret, whose dad is a friend of George Carter. Regan is on to them and Carrie gets arrested, but her unwillingness to cooperate leads to the death of the next victim.

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Episode 2: Faces
1975-09-08

When a gang hijack an armoured security truck, Regan, Carter and the Flying Squad set up an ambush to catch the crooks. But who's the informer ?

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Episode 3: Supersnout
1975-09-15

An informant of Regan’s tells him about a hijack involving a lorryload of cigarettes where he will be the look-out man. But can Regan trust his snout?

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Episode 4: Big Brother
1975-09-22

Regan loses his patience with a thug he is questioning about a wages snatch, and soon the press are sniffing round for a police brutality story.

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Episode 5: Hit and Run
1975-09-29

A case of mistaken identity provides tragic circumstances when a hit goes wrong; Regan and Carter manage to break the hit-and-run ring, and then try to stop another accident.

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Episode 6: Trap
1975-10-06

Regan and Carter are confronted by a newsman with information on an unsolved robbery. And why are the pair being photographed ?

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Episode 7: Golden Fleece
1975-10-13

Chief Inspector Haskins is framed for corruption while Regan and Carter investigate a spate of break-ins. Is there a connection ?

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Episode 8: Poppy
1975-10-20

Violent criminal Vic Labbett returns to England to recover the proceeds of an earlier robbery, and Regan and Carter must stop him before he can get his hands on the loot.

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Episode 9: Stay Lucky, Eh?
1975-10-27

Regan and Carter are on the case when a pair of robbers are themselves robbed at gunpoint.

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Episode 10: Trojan Bus
1975-11-03

Regan and Carter investigate an art deal that is more than it seems, and ends up in a wasteground shoot out.

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Episode 11: I Want the Man
1975-11-10

Regan's snout is abducted after passing on information about a switch of some stolen diamonds. Regan and Carter must catch the villains while protecting their source.

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Episode 12: Country Boy
1975-11-17

Regan and Carter are called in when alarm bells start ringing all over their patch. Who is setting them off - and why?

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Episode 13: Thou Shalt Not Kill!
1975-11-24

Regan and Carter are called to a siege at a bank, where two armed robbers are holding hostages.

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Season 3 (1976)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Selected Target
1976-09-06

While in prison, inmates Titus Oates and Colly Kibber plan a robbery.

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Episode 2: In from the Cold
1976-09-13

Regan and Carter go after Billy Medhurst, implicated in a robbery that resulted in a policeman being shot and crippled. But is the past clouding Regan's judgement?

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Episode 3: Visiting Fireman
1976-09-20

Regan gets involved in a secret government deal, thanks to Shebbeq, a Turkish cop.

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Episode 4: Tomorrow Man
1976-09-27

Regan is assigned to ensure the safe shipment of a gold bullion consignment.

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Episode 5: Taste of Fear
1976-10-04

How will new recruit Bob Hargreaves cope with an investigation into a violent burglary?

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Episode 6: Bad Apple
1976-10-11

Regan and Carter go undercover to assess corruption charges made against CID officers.

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Episode 7: May
1976-10-25

Regan tries to help out the son of a friend when the lad is implicated in an assault.

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Episode 8: Sweet Smell of Succession
1976-11-08

Regan gets involved in gangland warfare following the death of one of London’s leading villains.

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Episode 9: Down to You, Brother
1976-11-22

Regan is fitted up by an ex-con to get his daughter's dodgy boyfriend out of the picture.

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Episode 10: Pay Off
1976-11-29

Carter's girlfriend asks him to find a missing villain, but Regan is suspicious.

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Episode 11: Loving Arms
1976-12-06

Regan must find the source of illegal guns that are flooding the market.

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Episode 12: Lady Luck
1976-12-13

Regan knows the identity of a robber, but has a difficult time proving his guilt.

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Episode 13: On the Run
1976-12-20

An armed robber is sprung from jail and comes looking for Regan.

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Season 4 (1978)

No overview available.

14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Messenger of the Gods
1978-09-07

Regan and Carter have a suspect in mind for the theft of a consignment of mercury, but he has an alibi.

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Episode 2: Hard Men
1978-09-14

Regan and Carter are reluctantly teamed up with a Scottish officer.

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Episode 3: Drag Act
1978-09-21

The Sweeney get incorrect information from informants, allowing a gang of villains to make off with some contraband alcohol.

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Episode 4: Trust Red
1978-09-28

After a criminal dies during a robbery, Regan and Carter can find no leads.

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Episode 5: Nightmare
1978-10-05

Regan's girlfriend has a nightmare that has similarities to a deadly incident.

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Episode 6: Money, Money, Money
1978-10-12

Regan and Carter try to catch a man trying to blackmail a pools winner about the part he played in a robbery.

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Episode 7: Bait
1978-10-19

Regan is determined to nail a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.

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Episode 8: The Bigger They Are
1978-10-26

Regan discovers that successful people will stop at nothing to keep skeletons buried.

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Episode 9: Feet of Clay
1978-11-02

Regan is asked to help a criminal from his past, whose son has been kidnapped.

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Episode 10: One of Your Own
1978-11-09

Carter winds up behind bars in an attempt to solve a jewellery robbery.

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Episode 11: Hearts and Minds
1978-11-23

Regan and Carter get caught up in a plot to prevent a foreign head of state from getting his hands on an experimental drug to treat his heart condition.

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Episode 12: Latin Lady
1978-11-30

A rich gynaecologist is attacked by a gang of villains who rob him of his suitcase.

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Episode 13: Victims
1978-12-14

Carter discovers that an informant was involved in the shooting of a colleague.

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Episode 14: Jack or Knave
1978-12-28

Regan finds himself in deep trouble when an allegation of corruption is made by the Police Complaints Department. A security van is robbed, and a guard identifies one of the robbers.

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